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Max attacks first, clenching his fists and electricity circles his form.

"Electric charge!" he sprints forward, getting ready to ram into the dinosaur and shock it. Eocarcharia dodges, though. Max stumbles forward before righting himself.

Zoe clicks her tongue before attacking as well. "Stomping Hammer!" She jumps up high and descends over Eocarcharia, aiming her elbow towards it. She nails the dinosaur in the back and it collapses. Goma reaches to take out the modified card when Max runs past him, his right hand glowing a bright gold.

"Lightning Strike!" He thrusts his arm up and a bolt of lightning strikes Eocarcharia, the dinosaur let out a loud roar. Goma scowls.

"I need to incapacitate that boy and poison the wench before my dinosaur is defeated…" he mutters. "Guess I'll have to use them, huh?"

He looks up at the ship. "Gavro! Get down here and capture that boy with the blue jacket!"

Zoe flinches. "Rex…" she whispers. "No, you don't…"

Gavro appears on the ground and charges towards Rex. Zoe growls.

"Metal Wing!" Three pteranodons sweep in and a green sword appears in Zoe's hand. Gavro lunges forward, Rex bracing himself, before one of the pteranodons knock him off his feet. Zoe gets in front of Rex.

"Stand behind me and don't leave, no matter what." She orders.

"Yeah…" he replies, somewhat in shock.

Max grits his teeth. "Gatling Spark." He mutters.

He dives forward toward Eocarcharia, punching the dinosaur multiple times before kicking it in the side, sending it flying. Goma grits his teeth angrily.

"Darn… I need to get to the girl…" he mutters. "Gavro, retreat to the ship! Now"

The henchman gives him an odd look. Goma growls. "Now!" he yells. Gavro flinches and hurries to the ship, teleporting inside. Zoe gives Goma a suspicious look before pointing her sword toward him.

"I've gotta take him out…" she mutters. "It's the only way…"

"Zoe, you can't kill him, though… It'd make you no better than him."

She sucks in a breath between her teeth in frustration. "I know…" she hisses.

Goma takes out the modified card. "It's almost time…"

Zoe walks forward to stand next to Max. She eyes him out of the corner of her eye. "Tag team?" she suggests.

"I'm down for it,"

"Good."

Max and Zoe clench their fists.

"Big Foot Assault." Says Zoe. A Seismosaurus appears behind her and she points at Eocarcharia. "There's your target. Go get em, big guy."

The Seismosaurus charges forward, stomping on Eocarcharia three times before disappearing. Goma frowns deeply.

"I have to finish this now…" he mutters.

"Go, Max!" Zoe yells.

Max's eyes narrow. He runs forward and grabs Eocarcharia by the neck, flinging him up in the air. He jumps high in the air to hover over him, pulling back a sparking fist.

"Thunder driver!"

Max punches the dinosaur in the stomach, driving it into the ground. Eocarcharia roars before getting on its feet again, lunging at Max at a speed he can't track. Max is thrown aside, landing on his shoulder painfully.

"Max!" Zoe yells. She glares at Goma, who holds out Venom Fang. He smirks.

"Venom Fang."

Eocarcharia launches toward Max, who slowly gets to his feet and glares at the attack. Zoe calls on the pteranodons and grabs onto one, racing toward him.

Goma chuckles darkly. "Go get that miserable wench." He says.

Eocarcharia redirects itself towards Zoe, who's eyes widen.

Max's eyes widen as well. "Zoe, look out!" he all but screams.

"She can't get out of the way fast enough…" Goma mutters gleefully.

Eocarcharia lunges at Zoe, who dodges as much as she can. A fang cuts into her arm and Zoe chokes on a shriek. Max grunts, sprinting over and ramming into Eocarcharia, sending it flying far away from the two of them. Zoe groans, clutching onto her bleeding arm. Max crouches next to her.

"You okay?" he asks worriedly.

She sends him a strained smile. "Y-Yeah…" she says hoarsely. "I'm okay…"

She stands and Max follows. "Let's beat this sucker into the ground." She seethes.

"Yeah…" Max growls next to her. Their eyes begin to glow intently, both overcome with anger.

Eocarcharia gets on its feet. Max and Zoe's eyes narrow.

"Ultimate Thunder!"

"Ultimate Leaf!"

Both are enveloped by golden and green light, respectively. They charge forward, pulling back glowing fists before ramming them into Eocarcharia. The dinosaur lets out one final cry of pain before dissolving into a card. Goma watches from the sidelines, completely unfazed.

Max and Zoe look and each other and grin, high fiving. They turn to Goma and frown upon noticing the smug look on the man's face.

"What? Why do you look at me like that?" he sneers. "You've defeated me yet again! Aren't you happy?"

"Something isn't right here…" Max says. "Why don't you look upset?"

"Oh, that?" Goma laughs. "Well… Even though I've been defeated… You've made one fatal mistake."

"What's that?" asks Rex.

"Don't you find it odd that I waited to use my move card until the last minute?" Goma asks, spreading his arms apart. "You noticed it, didn't you? How I refrained from using any moves until the end of the battle?"

"…why?" asks Zoe.

Goma grins darkly. "Why? It's because I was never out to destroy you at all." He replies. "I was out to get something from you."

"What's that?" asks Max.

Goma smirks widely before pulling out Venom Fang. Zoe's eyes widen.

"What's that crest on the front of the card?" she asks.

"Your sign of betrayal."

She flinches. "What?!"

"Look at the cut on your arm."

They all look at the cut on Zoe's arm and gasp. The cut is gone, replaced with the crest on the front of the card,

"W-What did you do to me?!" she yells.

"Impulsus."

Zoe freezes, her pupils dilating.

"Zoe?" asks Max.

"Collisio."

Zoe's green eyes fade to black, the symbol on her forehead changing to the black star.

Goma chuckles. "Come." He says, holding out a hand.

Zoe takes a stumbling step forward before approaching Goma.

"Z-Zoe! What are you doing?!" yells Rex.

"No! Don't join him! He's possessing you!" Max pleads.

Goma smirks. "Very perceptive. But I'm afraid your begging won't help you now."

"How?! How did you do this?!" Rex demands.

"Simple. I fused Venom Fang with a foreign variable. A substance that poisons one's mind, to be exact."

Rex and Max's eyes widen.

"Y-You fused poison with a move card! But that's impossible!" Rex stutters.

"Apparently it isn't if I just did." Goma sneers.

Zoe reaches forward and takes his hand, her eyes faded. Goma smirks.

"Now if you don't mind, we'll be taking out leave." He says, walking toward to portal to his ship. Max growls and runs toward the two, lunging forward.

"Zoe!"

He falls to the ground as they teleport in the ship and depart. Max stares at the sky in horror before gritting his teeth tightly and slamming his hands on the ground.

"No, No, Damn it!" he yells in frustration.

Rex's hands shake. "Z-Zoe…"

Max's eyes narrow, his gold eyes burning brightly.

"Don't worry…" he mutters. "I'm gonna save you… no matter what."

Zoe and Goma walk into the meeting room. Sheer, Foolscap, and Gavro jump to their feet.

"Wh-What is she doing here?!" Sheer yells.

"I thought I told you I was going to recruit her." Goma replies.

Foolscap frowns. "So then you are replacing us?" he asks.

Goma laughs a little. "Maybe." He smirks widely at the looks on his henchman's faces. "Oh, don't look so horrified. If it happens, it won't be anytime soon. Besides, I have… other plans for her."

He tugs her hand once and they walk out of the room. Sheer and Foolscap look at them suspiciously and follow them at a distance. They walk down a long hallway and enter the "basement" of the ship, where a couple cells sit. Foolscap's eyes widen.

"Woah, is he imprisoning her?" he whispers.

"I think so… but why?" Sheer replies quietly.

Goma stops in front of the last cell in the corridor and kicks open the door. He grabs Zoe by the back of her neck and shoves her in, closing the door and locking it. He smirks.

"I'm going to have to run some tests on you… I need to know how to make you snap… and how much stronger you will become." He sneers. "Understand?"

"Yes, Lord Goma." Comes the quiet reply.

Goma chuckles. "Good." With that, he stalks off. Sheer and Foolscap duck behind the wall and Goma walks right past them, stopping at the doorway.

"You two are very nosy, aren't you?"

They flinch, shrinking into the wall as much as they can. Goma, to their surprise, says nothing more, instead continuing on his way. They sigh and walk over to the cell Zoe sits in.

"…tests?" asks Foolscap.

"I don't know…" Sheer replies.

In Zoe's mind…

Zoe floats in a dark void, trapped by dark tendrils.

"What is this…! I-I can't… I can't control my body at all…!" she says. "P-Paris…! Paris, can you hear me?!"

No reply comes. Zoe looks down, growing increasingly terrified.

"I'm all alone…" she whispers. "…and trapped."

She screws her eyes shut.

"Guys… please hurry…"

Aaand boom! Book two is com-plete! Yay! This chapter is shorter than I thought it was gonna be, but hopefully the content (and cliffhanger. I'm a jerk, I know.) will compensate. But yeah, plot twist! Feels pretty cliché, though…

Meh, whatevs. What I have planned for later isn't. I think.

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